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A review by couuboy
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville
5.0
A book about a whale, about the pursuit of a whale, about the monomaniac pursuit by a man. What is Moby-Dick?
This novel can be about anything you want it to be. It can be about the hubris of man, the limitations of perception, monomania versus meditation, the necessity of collective harmony, or what the inside of a whale looks like.
There are two main* characters/narrators in Moby-Dick: Ishmael, our contemplative, truth-seeking, digressive oarsman; and Captain Ahab, our monomaniac, revenge-fuelled, delimbed Captain. The narrative takes place between these two oscillations. With Ishmael we move horizontallly, scoping out whaling technique, customs, cetology and epistemology. With Captain Ahab we are propelled towards the white whale, recurrent portents brushed aside all the while.
Moby-Dick is a book that will live as long as there are trees left from which to strip the pages, and if you ask me, deservedly so.
This novel can be about anything you want it to be. It can be about the hubris of man, the limitations of perception, monomania versus meditation, the necessity of collective harmony, or what the inside of a whale looks like.
There are two main* characters/narrators in Moby-Dick: Ishmael, our contemplative, truth-seeking, digressive oarsman; and Captain Ahab, our monomaniac, revenge-fuelled, delimbed Captain. The narrative takes place between these two oscillations. With Ishmael we move horizontallly, scoping out whaling technique, customs, cetology and epistemology. With Captain Ahab we are propelled towards the white whale, recurrent portents brushed aside all the while.
Moby-Dick is a book that will live as long as there are trees left from which to strip the pages, and if you ask me, deservedly so.